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  • Archive for January 4th, 2008

    General Tso’s empire expands to bean curd

    Friday, January 4th, 2008

    Saw this on the menu at Tung Shing House in Rego Park, Queens, where my family and my South African friend (who introduced ubuntu to me) had Christmas dinner. Side note: General Tso’s tofu is served on Antarctica, at McMurdo Station, an American scientific outpost.
    My South African friend claimed he did “really well with parents.”
    My […]

    March 12 Reading at Upper West Side Barnes & Noble on W. 82nd Street

    Friday, January 4th, 2008

    I just got booked for a reading, along with Eric Weiner (author of the awesome Geography of Bliss) for March 12, 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble store #1979 Upper West SideĀ  at 2289 Broadway @ 82nd St. (I have a running list of appearances)
    During high school, I worked at that very Barnes & Noble […]